Orthodeoxia and platypnea secondary to a patent foramen ovale despite normal right-sided cardiac pressures

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-107

  Varkul, M ^a   Robinson, T ^a   Ng, E ^a   Hyland, R ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Orthodeoxia; Patent foramen ovale; Platypnea; Shunt

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0034989955     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2001/319027     Document Type: Article

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